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From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

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From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2010

Who stands beside my brother's grave, and tho' no tear Dims his dark eye, yet does his spirit weep.

From History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author by Blackbird, Andrew J.

Ah, a blinding bolt Dims the volcano's pillared fire.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma

Ah! thou art like our wayward race;—     When not a shade of pain or ill Dims the bright smile of Nature's face,     Thou lovest to sigh and murmur still.

From Poems by Bryant, William Cullen